Turkey - Vestel Venüs Sultanlar Ligi - 2018/2019

    I'm quite surprised Eczacibasi managed to bring this to a 5th game. They were pretty hopeless when they lost Beyza and were forced to give up on KYK or Larson in order to have Gibby on court. I never had positive vibes for them. They were quite unlucky this season to be honest: losing Boskovic against Imoco and Beyza for half of the turkish league was just too much.


    I'm really happy for Kelsey. She always get extra critics on thi board, but in the end she always does her job and celebrates with the trophy in her hands. :heart:


    I hope TVF will change the foreign limitation for the next season.

    Quote from Padar

    Boskovic is the best spiker, I think, not just OPP, they mix OPP and OH together.

    Yes indeed, there is no Opp/OH position award. Just an award for best spiker. I think its Tijana's consolation award tbh for her good perf. in other games.

    Quote from penguin

    Vakif's job in defence is much easier since there is no middle attacks from Ecz, and Ecz job is even harder since there is almost no passive blocks. But Motta will probably go all in for two great OHs next season , and base their game on that. And that just cant beat modern and fast volleyball

    Very true. Top scoring MBs in this series:


    Kubra 45
    Rasic 22
    Zehra 20
    Busra 18
    Beyza 14
    Gibbemeyer 3
    Merve 2


    So Eczacibasi's MBs combined for 37 points or 1.76 points per set. :lol:

    Cansu started the match extremely well...I knew right there Vakifbank would win..she played a flawless game. And like I said she has a great connection with the middles, but she always chose to ignore them for mostly of the season. Tonight she played her best for sure.


    On the other hand.....this game with only getting involved the wing spikers does not work. Motta has no clue what he`s doing. He never made any adjustments this season. Hopefully he can change his game plan next season.


    Another MVP for the Queen <3.


    I hope the mid-level teams will invest more next season.

    Eczaci already failed for next season. They couldn't sign Diclenur Babat from FB.


    I can already see them trying to find a foreigner MB to go along with Busra :rolll::rolll::rolll:


    Maybe they'll even keep Gibbemeyer who knows.


    I hope they let Merve and Beyza go tbh.

    They should keep Beyza and Merve. But get them more involved and not just blocking.

    Is Bahar available? She may not be at her best anymore but she's still one of the best local MBs and she is mostly sitting on the bench at FB. I'd definitely try to sign her if possible.

    Quote from pope

    They should keep Beyza and Merve. But get them more involved and not just blocking.

    Nah they won't do that, Merve is young and talented and I feel she needs to play in a lower level club like Zehra a season to get some confidence, EczV will keep wasting her surely. Beyza on the other hand doesn't fit Eczacibasi's style at all.


    But knowing Nalan Ural and co. they'll pay every cent to make sure they won't go to another club and be better.

    Quote from Sisko95

    Is Bahar available? She may not be at her best anymore but she's still one of the best local MBs and she is mostly sitting on the bench at FB. I'd definitely try to sign her if possible.

    I agree with this, Bahar should go there